Twenty-Second Sundayin Ordinary Time
Year B
01st September 2024 (Sunday)
Psalter:Week 2
Reading of the Day
| First Reading | Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-8 |
| Response | O Lord, who may abide in your tent? |
| Second Reading | James 1:17-18, 21b-22, 27 |
| Gospel | Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 |
First Reading
Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-8
Moses spoke to the people, saying “Now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the rules that I am teaching you, and do them, that you may live, and go in and take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you. You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you. Keep them and do them, for that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’ For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as the Lord our God is to us, whenever we call upon him? And what great nation is there, that has statutes and rules so righteous as all this law that I set before you today?”
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 15:2-3a, 3bc-4ab, 5 (R. 1a)
R/. O Lord, who may abide in your tent?
Whoever walks without fault;
who does what is just,
and speaks the truth from his heart.
Whoever does not slander with his tongue. R/.
Who does no wrong to a neighbour,
who casts no slur on a friend,
who looks with scorn on the wicked,
but honours those who fear the Lord. R/.
Who lends no money at interest,
and accepts no bribes against the innocent.
Such a one shall never be shaken. R/.
Second Reading
James 1:17-18, 21b-22, 27
My beloved brothers: Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. Receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
Gospel Acclamation
James 1:18
V/. Alleluia
R/. Alleluia
V/. Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
R/.Alleluia.
Gospel
Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23
At that time: When the Pharisees gathered to Jesus with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem, they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed. (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands properly, holding to the tradition of the elders, and when they come from the market-place, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions that they observe, such as the washing of cups and pots and copper vessels and dining couches.) And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?” And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, “‘This people honours me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.” And he called the people to him again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand: There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.” “For from within, out of the heart of man, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”
